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Advancements in Multiplexed Super-Resolution Imaging

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Advancements in Multiplexed Super-Resolution Imaging

Fluorescence microscopy is widely used in the study of biological systems largely due to its specificity —ability to target structures individually— and its high signal over background.

In recent decades, advancements in fluorescence microscopy have enabled cellular detail to be visualized at nanometer scales, well below the diffraction-limited resolutions of conventional methods. These advances ushered in the field of super-resolution microscopy. This new field has already had such a lasting impact on the community that two of its methods were the subject of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and instruments have become commercially available, such as Bruker’s Vutara 352 super-resolution microscope for single-molecule imaging.

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